Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04
GENERAL.


AN explosion occurred in blast furnace
works at Freidenshutt, Silesia, the other
dav. with very disastrous results in the
works. There were twenty-five steam
boilers, one or more of which exploded, de-
molishing the others, killing two and
wounding more or less twenty persons
PARIS papers declare that the new
Panama loan has been subscribed IN full
The largest naphtha spring near MIMI
Novgorod, Russia, was recently reported
on fire.
COUNTY ANTRIM, Ireland, has been pro-
claimed under the Crimes act
HORRIBLE atrocities are reported as hav-
ing been committed by Indians in the BENZ
Province. Bolivia. The Indians were In in
surrection and after killing several
soldiers, barbarously murdered a priest
sent by the Government to effect terms.
Four other priests were allowed to return
on promising to assist the insurgents,
while two joined their ranks.
THE Gloucester fishing schooner Annie
W. Hold gson has been seized at Shelburne,
n. s., for violating the customs laws.
THE French Government has decided to
complete the great works on the Seine. at
Havre. 1t is proposed to expcnd 125, O00, 600
francs on the works.
PERMISSION has been granted the Central
and South American Telegraph Company
to extend its lines across the IsthmuS of
Panama and along the Atlantic coast OF
South America.
THE Bulgarian Regency has amnestied
Bulgarian refugees in Turkey, excepting
criminals.
MISS HEATH, the actress, wife of the
tragedian Wilson Barrett, died in London
the other day.
ONLY two-thirds of the new Panama
canal loan has been subscribed in Paris.
THE Porte has issued an trade dismissing
the reserves.
THE Board of Guardians of Limerick, Ire
land, has declared the poor law fund bank
rupt. Nine thousand pounds is due to con-
tractors for supplies for the poor The
banks have refused to cash the checks of
the union and the rates have not been paid.
The Board of Guardians has ordered that
legal action be begun to recover the rates.
AMONG the passengers who sailed for Eu
rope on the steamer Germanic on the 9th
was Governor John S. Marmaduke, of Mis-
souri,.
IT is affirmed that Prince Ferdinand has
finally decided to go to Bulgaria at an
early date.
RECENTLY an attempt was made to sur
prise and attack the building containing the
Government treasury at Rustchuk, Bull
garia- The guards fred upon the attack
ing party, who fed.
THE Servian Cabinet has appointed
commission, the members of which are
drawn from all three political parties, to
prepare new constitution.
THE enlistment of one man in every
twenty for service in Northern Afghanis-
tan has been ordered by the Ameer.
The Pope has decided that there is no
ground for Papal interference with the
Knights of Labor question.
QUEEN VICTORIA has refused to accept
the resignation of Lord Charles Beresford
as Junior Lord of the British Admiralty
Lord Beresford made a blunder in courtesy
at the recent naval review and this
prompted his resignation.
ANOTHER member of the Irish constabu-
larry has resigned as a protest against the
Coercion act.
The congress for the codiication of the
law of nations, at London, on the 18th,
agreed to recommend that the maritime
powers adopt Wynekin's code for insertion
in the code of international signals.
Two pleasure yachts, both well laden
with people, were capsized in squall of
Yarmouth, Eng, recently, and ten persons
were drowned.
A FIRE in the town Of Liederkerks in
Brabant, Belgium, recently destroyed
thirty-three houses, depriving 200 persons
of their homes.
LORD SALISBURY, in a speech at Norwich,
England, recently, warned the Conserva-
tive party to prepare for possible dissolu-
ton OF Parliament.
A DISPATCH from Shelbourne, n. s., of the
2Sth, states that the schooner Annie w.
Hodgson has sailed, having been released
by the collector of customs. The fine
sessed against her was deposited by Con-
sui General Phelan with the customs au-
thorities.